Finnish

Noun

pisto

1. sting, bite

   ampiaisen pisto = bee sting

2. stitch

Declension

Anagrams

• posti, potsi

Latin

Etymology

Frequentative, from pistum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpis.toː/, [ˈpɪs.toː]

Verb

pistō ‎(present infinitive pistāre, perfect active pistāvī, supine pistātum); first conjugation

1. to pound

Inflection

Descendants

• Italian: pestare
• Spanish: pistar
• Venetian: pestar

References

pisto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pisto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pisto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Late Latin pistus ‎(“crushed”), from the Latin infinitive pinsere ‎(“to crush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpistɐ/

Noun

pisto m (plural piste)

1. pesto (sauce)

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin pistus ‎(“crushed”), from the Latin infinitive pinsere ‎(“to crush”).

Noun

pisto m ‎(plural pistos)

1. (slang, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) money
2. (slang, Mexico) hard liquor
3. (cooking) ratatouille (dish prepared with chopped vegetables, especially peppers, onion, eggplant, and zucchini, which is fried and mixed with tomato sauce and sometimes scrambled egg or a fried egg)